page_title: 2001 in Portugal
section_title: January to June
hierarchical_section_title: 2001 in Portugal / Events / January to June
caption_attribution_description: Español: Puente Hintze Ribeiro colapsado
context_page_description: Events in the year 2001 in Portugal.
context_section_description: 14 January – Presidential election: Jorge Sampaio is re-elected for a second term as President after receiving more than 50% of the vote in the first round, eliminating the need for a second run-off round.
  4 March – Fifty-nine people are killed when the Hintze Ribeiro bridge collapses into the Douro River near the town of Entre-os-Rios in northern Portugal. In response Prime Minister Antonio Guterres orders an official inquiry into the incident and accepts the resignation of Jorge Coelho, the Public Works Minister. The government additionally declares two days of mourning.
  11 March – Finland's Tommi Makinen wins the 2001 Rally de Portugal.
  24 March – A tour bus crashes down a 100-foot (30 m) ravine after leaving the IP3 highway near the town of Santa Comba Dao, killing fourteen passengers and injuring 24.
  7 April – The 2001 Globos de Ouro awards ceremony is held at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon. Capitães de Abril wins the prize for Best Film and Vítor Norte (Tarde Demais) and Maria de Medeiros (Capitães de Abril) are awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
  18 May – Boavista F.C. secure their first top-flight league championship after a 3–0 victory over C.D. Aves, becoming the first team from outside Portugal's big three clubs of F.C. Porto, S.L. Benfica, and Sporting Lisbon to win the title in more than five decades.
caption: 4 March: The Hintze Ribeiro disaster claims the lives of 59 people
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